According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change statistics, Scotland is now generating more than a third of its electricity from renewable sources.
read more... 03/04/2012
Beauly Denny power line, situated near Beauly in Scotland will be replaced by a recently completed new tower developed by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission.
read more... 06/03/2012
Siemens and Prysmian, the Italy-based cable manufacturer, have been awarded a contrat for the construction of the first sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England.
read more... 20/02/2012
The UK government announced that it cancelled the plans to invest £1bn in the construction of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project at Longannet in Scotland, blaming that the technology is too expensive and stating that the new project does not meet the Britain’s ambition to become a clean technology leader.
read more... 25/10/2011
As to contribute at the development of renewable projects, the Scottish Government will allot over 6 million dollars worth loan through the Community and Energy Renewable scheme. By putting into operation all the projects, with a total wind and hydropower capacity of 56 MW, Scotland will achieve its goal of 500 MW of green energy by 2020.
read more... 07/10/2011